Another update.
I got the engine completely stripped down and the block, heads, crank and intake are at the machine shop for a hot tanking.
All looks good but will be magnafluxed to check for cracks before going any further. Engine in my opinion appears to have 149K on it matching the speedometer. I will most likely have the cylinders bored about .10 over just to freshen and true it all up. The plan is to stay completely stock with the exception of installing hardened exhaust valve seats and stainless valves. I'll be assembling the engine myself as soon all the machining is done.
Other than that, I've been plugging away on the cab which is the big ticket item.I recently cut the old rotted front cowl section off and the donor cowl installed. I was originally only going to use the kick panels and firewall from the donor cowl however that would have been WAY too much work. Much easier to just swap the whole chunk over so that's what I did.
Now that the cowl is in place and welded at the pillars, I have welded in some braces to keep the door openings set. I also remove the top cowl panel and will be prepping that area for the new panel. Just waiting on spring Carlisle, Pa show so I can pick up the new cowl and full floor as well as rockers & cab corners. This job seems to be going faster than I thought it would. I can easily see a fully restored cab in my very near future!
